Alexander Arbuthnot (died 1 September 1585) was an early printer in
Edinburgh
Edinburgh ( ; gd, Dùn Èideann ) is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 Council areas of Scotland, council areas. Historically part of the county of Midlothian (interchangeably Edinburghshire before 1921), it is located in Lothian ...
, Scotland, the fourth son of John Arbuthnot Sr in Portertown and of Legasland.
Life
He printed the first edition of
George Buchanan
George Buchanan ( gd, Seòras Bochanan; February 1506 – 28 September 1582) was a Scottish historian and humanist scholar. According to historian Keith Brown, Buchanan was "the most profound intellectual sixteenth century Scotland produced." ...
's first ''History of Scotland'' in 1582. He married one Agnes Pennycuick and died intestate.
The Scots Peerage
''The Scots Peerage'' is a nine-volume book series of the Scottish nobility compiled and edited by Sir James Balfour Paul, published in Edinburgh from 1904 to 1914. The full title is ''The Scots Peerage: Founded on Wood's Edition of Sir Robert ...
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Scottish printers
Businesspeople from Edinburgh
Arbuthnot family
1585 deaths
Year of birth unknown